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Monday, March 08, 2021

Palestinians shutting down UNRWA food distribution centers in protest




In February, UNRWA announced a "unified food basket program" where it would give all families the same food benefits and take away free food for families with a steady income.

For several years UNRWA classified some families as "abject poor" and gave them more food.

This angered Palestinians, as they get upset any time UNRWA announces any changes in its benefits.

So they did the normal thing they always do: they shut down UNRWA centers, ensuring that no one gets any food at all!

Camp popular committees are being joined with terror groups like the DFLP to protest and shut down UNRWA centers, and the actions are expected to escalate in coming days and weeks.

So everyone can suffer equally!

UNRWA, for its part, says that it simply cannot afford to keep things as they are. It is suffering a $200 million deficit in 2021.